Fined $25K for a previous ejection, Wizards' John Wall booted again

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Wall gets ejected for flagrant foul on Smart (0:52)

With Marcus Smart getting defended tightly, John Wall moves in and commits a flagrant foul type 2, which leads to his ejection. The two exchange words that result in Smart's getting a technical foul before Wall leaves the court. (0:52)

WASHINGTON -- The NBA fined Washington Wizards guard John Wall $25,000 on Wednesday for inappropriate interaction with an official and failing to leave the court in a timely manner after he was ejected from a game on Monday.

Wall was booted again in Wednesday's 118-93 win over the Boston Celtics when he was assessed a Flagrant-2 technical foul on video review for fouling Marcus Smart.

John Wall of the Wizards was hit with a $25,000 fine after his interactions with an official in Monday night's game. Nick Wass/AP Photo

Monday's incident happened in the final minute of the Wizards' 114-106 loss to the Houston Rockets, when official Marc Davis gave Wall a technical foul for bumping him. Davis said he told Wall to "watch himself" and that Wall "looked over his shoulder and used vulgarity and inappropriate language."

Wednesday's tossing occured with 5:24 left of the game.

"Just me being frustrated," Wall said after Wednesday's game. "My finger was bleeding the whole game, got stepped on on purpose, drove to the basket a couple times didn't get calls and the play before I [hit Smart], I was dribbling and got smacked right across the face. I just let my frustrations get the best of me."

Wall later posted a message on social media saying: "Just want to take a moment to apologize to my coaches, teammates and fans for losing my cool tonight. The last thing I would ever want to do is to let you all down. I love and respect this game to much."